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| Donovan Nelson, Pugilist (Detail), 2014, Acrylic on Paper, 12 x 18 inches. Image courtesy of Welancora Gallery. |
February 7 - March 27, 2015
Opening reception: Saturday, February 7, 2015, 6-9
PM
Artist talk: Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 6-8 PM
410
Jefferson Avenue
Brooklyn,
NY
From welancoragallery.com:
Welancora
Gallery is pleased to present Intersections,
an exhibition of recent work by Donovan Nelson. This is the artist’s first solo
exhibition at the gallery.
Born out
of transformative events in his life, Nelson is embarking on a streaming, more
fluid visual exploration in this new series. Nelson’s goal, through this
journey, is to develop and engage in a more emotionally charged and
psychologically informed dialogue with the viewer. By employing a vibrant
palette and rich impasto, Nelson invites the viewer to feel each brush stroke
and question its purpose.
The artist
states: “Where my previous works were informed by external experiences, these
works are drawn from the subconscious and have changed my relationship with the
materials that I use and the subject matter I choose to deal with.”
Donovan Nelson
was born in Manchester, Jamaica. He moved to the United States in 1982 and
where he received a B.F.A in illustration from the University of the Arts in
Philadelphia, PA (1995). In addition, he studied portraiture and figure
painting at the prestigious Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Nelson is M.F.A.
graduate from the New York Academy where he studied with Martha Erlebacher,
Vincent Desiderio, Jack Beal, Alfred Lesley, and Juan Cardenas.
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